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3.Icons:Opens a guide to explain the features being configured on the switch.Displays the version of Cisco Configuration Professional running on the switch.Displays the latest system logs from the switch.Clicking this icon will save the current configuration of the switch to the startup configuration.Clicking this icon brings up the Command-Line Interface (CLI).4.Switch view: Dynamic display of switch ports and their status for each switch, along with display of itshostname, serial number, and MAC address. In the case of a stack, details about the role of each switch, suchas primary or stack member details, are displayed.5.System messages: Displays the critical switch logs. Only the Critical, Alerts, and Emergency logs aredisplayed here.The logs are color-coded to show the level of the log.The logs can be exported to an Excel spreadsheet for troubleshooting or attaching to a Cisco TechnicalAssistance Center (TAC) case.6.Navigation pane: The pane is a tree design with two levels of branching.The first level has Monitoring, Configuration, Services, General Settings, and Help. MonitoringDashboard: A single-page view of the switch health.Ports: Displays all the port statistics. The error counters on the individual and bundled ports are displayedon this page.Clients: Gives a snapshot view of the end devices connected to the switch and also provides detailssuch as: Switch port to end device mapping Device type (router, switch, IP phone, Windows PC, etc.) VLAN of the end device MAC address of the end device IP address of the end device Power drawn by the end device Operating system of the end deviceThis list can be exported as a spreadsheet and saved for auditing purposes. ConfigurationSwitch: General and basic switch configurations can be done on this page (such as setting the hostname,switch IP address, Maximum Transmission Unit [MTU], etc.) Other switch-level settings such as physicalstacking, virtual stacking parameters, spanning tree, VLAN Trunking Protocol, and Bluetooth can beconfigured here.Ports: Port parameters such as VLAN association, DHCP Snooping, quality of service, and storm controlparameters can be configured on this page. 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information.Page 11 of 30

Troubleshooting: Basic troubleshooting, such as connectivity of devices from the switch, can be performedby using ping or traceroute. Device health checks can be performed by running diagnostics. The user canalso erase switch configurations or reload the switch stack or individual switch.VLAN: Configuration related to VLAN, such as creation of Layer 2 VLAN and Switch Virtual Interface (SVI),as well as setting up IP DHCP Snooping on a list of VLANs in order to secure the network, can be done onthis page. ServicesNetFlow: Allows configuration of the switch to export details of the packets sent to the switch on differentports.Static routing: Through this page, users can create new static routes or modify or delete existing routes onsupported platforms.Security: Users can set up comprehensive security on the switch through this pane by configuring portbased Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) using either RADIUS, TACACS , or LightweightDirectory Access Protocol (LDAP) along with support for multiple access policies such as IEEE 802.1X,MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB), and WebAuth.ACL: Access control lists can be configured through this page, allowing the administrator to limit networktraffic and restrict network access to certain users and devices.Energy Saver: Using this service, user can harness the potential of Cisco EnergyWise and Energy-EfficientEthernet (EEE) to decrease energy consumed by the switch and endpoints connected to the switch bysetting different power levels and using the Cisco EnergyWise Wake on LAN feature. General SettingsManagement: HTTP and SNMP parameters can be configured on this page.Software update: Provides administrators an option to upgrade the Cisco Configuration Professional versionor the switch Cisco IOS version remotely through the local system.System: Various time-related settings, such as setting the time zone and adding a Network Time Protocol(NTP) server can be done through this page. Administrators can also create Dynamic Host ConfigurationProtocol (DHCP) scopes and transfer a configuration file to or from the switch into a Trivial FTP (TFTP)server or local system.User Administration: Allows administrators to control access to the switch by setting up new users and theirprivilege levels, modifying the password or privilege level of existing users, and deleting users altogether.7.Switch information: Dashlets displaying critical real-time system information such as CPU and memoryutilization, system temperature and power consumption. The dashboard is refreshed every 60 seconds withupdated data.8. Configuring switch system settings8.1 Set clock8.1.1 Set system clock during initial setupDuring the initial setup of switches shipped with Cisco Configuration Professional, the date and time is populatedautomatically from the clock on the user’s laptop. They can also be set manually. 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information.Page 12 of 30

8.1.2 Set system clock later with Cisco Configuration ProfessionalConfigure clock to synchronize with NTP serverA user can synchronize the switch clock by configuring an NTP server underGeneral Settings System Time. Once an NTP server is added, the user can check the synchronization statuson the same page.Configure clock manuallyA user can also set the system time manually on the switch, along with advanced options such as setting the timezone and enabling daylight savings. These settings can be found under General Settings System Time. 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information.Page 13 of 30

8.2 Basic switch configurationBasic attributes of the switch, such as the hostname, default gateway or route, system MTU, and switchmanagement IP address can be configured on this page.Note:Hovering over the “?” explains the fields in detail. The input ranges are also explained.9. Connect via Bluetooth9.1 Steps to connect to the switch via BluetoothOver-the-air access to the web UI and CLI through Telnet and SSH is available for switches that support anexternal Bluetooth dongle that plugs into the USB port, providing easy access to the switch. Cisco ConfigurationProfessional provides an easy way to configure the switch for Bluetooth under Configuration Switch Bluetooth: Connect a Bluetooth dongle to the USB port on the switch (USB 2.0 with Bluetooth version 4.1). Once the dongle is connected, toggle Bluetooth to On. Assign an IP address to the Bluetooth interface. Create a DHCP pool for the Bluetooth PAN devices in the same subnet as the Bluetooth interface. Scan for Bluetooth devices from the laptop. 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information.Page 14 of 30

Note:The dongle name shows up with the last four characters of the MAC address.cisco#show bluetooth statsBT Interface is ReadyBT Dongle Present: YesBT Stack Enabled: YesBT Stack Ready: YesAttached BT dongle mac: 00:1A:7D:DA:xx:xxOnce the device is connected via Bluetooth, you will see the following:cisco#show ip interface brief Bluetooth0InterfaceIP-AddressOK? Method StatusBluetooth0172.16.0.1YES NVRAM ProtocolupYou will now be able to access the user interface of the switch by typing the IP address of the Bluetoothinterface in the browser. 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information.Page 15 of 30

10. Connecting uplinksThe switches connect to other network devices on ports marked “Uplink Ports.” These are highlighted in the figurebelow.The color of a port indicates its status.Gray: Port is “down.”Green: Port is “up.”Red: Port is in “error” condition.The uplink can be a single port (standalone interface) or can be multiple ports bundled together (Link AggregationGroup [LAG] interface or EtherChannel).An uplinks can be configured as a trunk interface (Layer 2 port) or can be assigned an IP address (Layer 3 port).10.1 Standalone uplink interfaceA single trunk port can be configured by selecting the appropriate port from the port view under Configuration Ports, which allows configuration to be set all the way from adding a description to configuring Auto QoS. A usercan also easily configure the port as a routed port by toggling the port mode.On the same page, Cisco Configuration Professional allows users to configure multiple ports at once.To configure multiple ports at once, select multiple ports in the switch view (to select multiple ports in Windows,Ctrl-click; on a Mac, Command-click).Note:When multiple interfaces are selected, the old port configurations of the individual ports are erased. 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information.Page 16 of 30

10.2 Bundled uplink interfaces (LAG)Multiple ports can be selected and bundled to act as one port.After selecting the interfaces to bundle, select the protocol to bundle: Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP),Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP), or ON.Also enable or disable the keep-alive, based on whether the aggregation method needs to be active/passive orDesirable/Auto.Once the port channel is configured and the ports are bundled in the port channel, the port statistics of the portchannel can be viewed on the Monitoring dashboard under Monitoring Ports.11. Managing endpoint devices11.1 Monitoring endpoint devices (clients)Clients can be connected to the physical ports on the switch. 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information.Page 17 of 30

The type of end clients connected and their details, such as their MAC address, IP address, VLAN associated, andpower drawn from the switch can be viewed on the Clients page under Monitoring Clients. This list can also beexported to a spreadsheet for easy documentation.11.2 Configurations for endpointsDifferent kinds of end clients can connect to the switch, such as IP phones, PCs, cameras, access points, VMservers, printers, point-of-sale devices, etc. Cisco Configuration Professional provides ways to easily monitor andmanage clients connected.11.2.1 Monitoring PoE clientsIf the end client is drawing power from the switch to boot up, the port clearly indicates the amount of power beingdrawn. To see this, hover over the port in the switch view of the Monitoring dashboard under Monitoring Ports.11.2.2 Configuring data and voice VLANs for clientsWhen PCs and laptops are connected to the IP phone port, which in turn is connected to the switch port, it is bestpractice is to segregate the voice traffic from the IP phone and the data traffic from the PC. Configure the port tosend phone traffic on a voice VLAN and traffic from PCs on the data VLAN.Click on the port that needs to be configured in the switch view.Note:Multiple ports can be selected to apply configurations at the same time (on a Windows PC, Ctrl-click; on aMac, Command-click). Any preexisting configurations on the ports selected will be erased. 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information.Page 18 of 30

11.2.3 Ports as trunksWhen connecting VM server ports or access points that carry WLAN traffic to the switch, the switch port will needto be configured as a trunk.Click on the port that needs to be configured.Filter the VLANs allowed on the trunk by selecting the VLAN IDs and listing the VLANs under the VLAN IDs,separated by commas (,) or hyphens (-).Note:Multiple ports can be selected to apply configurations at the same time (on a Windows PC, Ctrl-click, on aMac, Command-click). The preexisting configurations on the ports selected will be rewritten to defaultconfigurations.11.2.4 Bundle multiple access ports as LAG (EtherChannel)When connecting multiple ports of a switch to multiple ports on the end client, such as servers or hubs, to getbetter throughput multiple interfaces can be selected and configured in a bundle. (To select multiple interfaces onWindows, Ctrl-click; on a Mac, Command-click.)Note:When multiple interfaces are selected, the original configurations on the interfaces are erased. 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information.Page 19 of 30

11.2.5 Speed up client connections (portfast)Ports connecting to phones, lights, etc. sometimes need to be transitioned from listening to a forwarding state ingroups of 5 instead of in groups of 60.12. Administrative workflows12.1 Gain visibility into the traffic pattern passing through the switch or switch stackNetFlow can be configured on the switch to export details of the packets forwarded to and from the switch in orderto gain visibility into the network.NetFlow can now be configured with Cisco Configuration Professional with just a few clicks underServices NetFlow. Templates are used to configure NetFlow, thus eliminating the need to understand acomplicated set of commands.The 2960-X and 2960-XR Series support full NetFlow from Cisco IOS 15.2(5)b onward with minimal impact onperformance. (Check the configuration guide for the switch model to confirm that it supports NetFlow.)Choose the template and sampling method based on the reason for enabling NetFlow. Full, Random, andDeterministic sampling methods are supported.Configure the IP address of the collector (using software such as Lancope or Cisco Stealthwatch that displays theinformation collected and exported by the switch in a human-readable form).Apply the configured parameters to the switch interface (VLAN, port etc.). 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information.Page 20 of 30

Note:Refer to the switch configuration guide to understand NetFlow in detail.All the interfaces (VLAN

Note: Cisco Configuration Professional for Catalyst is independent of the switch Cisco IOS Software. There are two options for installing Cisco Configuration Professional: 1. Download only Cisco Configuration Professional and use the existing Cisco IOS Software (download only the CCP-C.tar). 2. Download a Cisco IOS bundle file that contains .